Planning - Urban Designer

Responsibilities

• Uses experience and knowledge of urban design to contribute towards success of the team.
• Designs and reviews documents according to established standards.
• Guides project due diligence, including mapping physical site opportunities and constraints.
• Synthesizes key performance metrics and relevant regulatory parameters.
• Strategically applies common urban design benchmarks, precedent imagery and data, based upon project and client needs.
• Drives creative urban design concepts and strategies for conceptual plan frameworks of open space, circulation and land use.
• Initiates approaches to the creation and modification of urban design documents, drawings and performs advanced calculations, ensuring the incorporation of design intent.
• Outlines, mocks up and develops urban design graphics, reports, standards and guidelines and presentation materials.
• Prepares content to be shared with outside design and consulting partners.
• Knowledge of urban design concepts for a range of urban design project types.
• Develops strategies for urban design frameworks, systems diagrams and conceptual plans under guidance of Senior Urban Designer.
• Initiates urban design concepts.
• Supports team design content creation and project organization.
• Demonstrates reliable understanding of the relationship between design and feasibility.
• Continually contributes to the upgrade of the urban design process and team workflows, with excellent tools and systems management to produce high quality deliverables.
• Initiates urban design concepts based on knowledge of site planning strategies (including land use mix, block sizes, open space, building and street types and placemaking).
• Assists with project related client presentations and external events, may lead sub-topic or table conversations.
• Participates actively in collaborative team design meetings.
• Collaboratively incorporates integrated Sustainable Design solutions into projects with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Leads design team in completing tasks and responsibilities on projects, within the scope of work, schedule, and budget, in an organized, timely and consistent way.
• Able to prioritize obligations based on task prioritization and understanding of contractual obligations and client expectations.
• Begins to develop successful client experiences through excellence in design and information coordination.
• Reads and understands Agreements to Work within budget, schedule, work plan and client constraints.
• Assists with marketing opportunities, interviews and proposals, workplans and schedules.
• Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service.
• Proactively engages staff to mentor and direct the work of less experienced staff.
• Actively promotes collaborative culture and innovative design alternatives, puts efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Demonstrates effective conflict resolution techniques with project team members.
• Assists with HOK document QA/QC and Best Practice management standards are met and archives documents appropriately.
• Actively participates in project and team quality control reviews and self-checks work for accuracy, omissions, legibility and document completion.

Requirements

• Master’s, or Bachelor’s, degree in urban design, planning or architecture.
• 5-10 years’ experience; or equivalent in appropriate education and experience required.
• LEED credential required within 12 months of employment.
• LEED ND preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of urban design concepts for a range of urban design project types.
• Ability to prioritize obligations based on task prioritization and understanding of contractual obligations and client expectations.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service.
• Proactively engages staff to mentor and direct the work of less experienced staff.
• Actively promotes collaborative culture and innovative design alternatives, puts efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Demonstrates effective conflict resolution techniques with project team members.

Skills

• Knowledge of urban design concepts for a range of urban design project types.
• Ability to prioritize obligations based on task prioritization and understanding of contractual obligations and client expectations.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service.
• Proactively engages staff to mentor and direct the work of less experienced staff.
• Actively promotes collaborative culture and innovative design alternatives, puts efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Demonstrates effective conflict resolution techniques with project team members.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment.
• 10 paid holidays (including 2 floating holidays).
• Minimum of 4 weeks of paid time off with a cash out option.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Free mental wellness resources.
• Life and AD&D coverage.
• Short and long-term disability benefits.
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Fertility coverage.
• Matching contributions to our 401(K) plan which includes a well-rounded investment menu as well as free guidance on retirement planning.

Pay

• Competitive salary.

Schedule

• Full-time.